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National Circuit Assembly Acquires High-Speed Multi-Angle 3D AOI System

National Circuit Assembly, a provider of PCB, cable and electro/mechanical manufacturing and test services to leading OEMs, is pleased to announce that it has purchased a Test Research, Inc. TR7500 SIII 3D AOI system to add to its established range of AOI machines.

From National Circuit Assembly 22 Sep 2020

X-Ray Lasers Can Help Image Nanometer-Scale Objects in a Single Shot

Powerful ultrashort pulses of X-rays delivered by free-electron X-ray lasers can be utilized to image nanometer-scale objects in just a single shot.

21 Sep 2020

New Hollow Optical Fiber Shows Promise for Low Noise Applications

A new hollow optical fiber greatly reduces the "noise" interfering with the signals it transmits compared to the single-mode fibers now widely used, researchers at the University of Rochester report.

21 Sep 2020

Engineers Produce Completely Flat Fisheye Lens

To capture panoramic views in a single shot, photographers typically use fisheye lenses — ultra-wide-angle lenses made from multiple pieces of curved glass, which distort incoming light to produce wide, bubble-like images.

21 Sep 2020

Optomed and AEYE Health to Introduce a Handheld AI Fundus Camera

Optomed and AEYE Health have agreed to enter clinical and commercial collaboration to introduce an AI fundus camera Aurora AEYE.

From Optomed Plc 21 Sep 2020

New Alkali Copper Halide that Emits Pure Blue Light Discovered

Artificial light accounts for approximately 20% of the total electricity consumed globally.

18 Sep 2020

Researchers Develop All-Optical Ultrafast Imaging System with High Spatial, Temporal Resolutions

High-speed cameras can take pictures in quick succession. This makes them useful for visualizing ultrafast dynamic phenomena, such as femtosecond laser ablation for precise machining and manufacturing processes, fast ignition for nuclear fusion energy systems, shock-wave interactions in living cells, and certain chemical reactions.

18 Sep 2020

Researchers Use Terahertz-Frequency Light to Probe the Unusual Behavior of Disordered Systems

Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba studied the vibrational modes of an intrinsically disordered protein to understand its anomalously strong response at low frequencies.

17 Sep 2020

New Optical Method to Create Reprogrammable Artificial Lattices Using Only Laser Light

Researchers at the Hybrid Photonics Laboratories in Skoltech and Southampton, in collaboration with Lancaster University, have demonstrated a new optical method to synthesize artificial solid-state crystal structures for cavity-polaritons using only laser light.

17 Sep 2020